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ENGL B1A: Coddling of the American Mind: Finding Articles

This guide is for Professor Ramirez's ENGL B1A courses

Helpful Databases

Databases are searchable collections of reliable, vetted resources, like magazines, academic journals, newspapers, and encyclopedias. We pay for access to these resources through subscriptions--like Netflix, but for articles!

  • Vetted= already evaluated or fact-checked

The databases listed below are the best databases for your class.

Selecting Search Terms/Keywords

Be sure to break your research question down into search terms/keywords that describe your topic. Search terms are short (1-4 words) phrases that describe the main concepts of your topic. A good way to choose search terms for your topic is to look at your research question and decide what the most important words are in that sentence. A good research question will have 2-4 search terms that describe it.

It's also smart to have a few back-ups in mind for each search term. Sometimes the database will only give you a couple of results when you put in one word, but if you think of a synonym for that search term, you will get many more results. 

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Helpful Search Terms/Keywords

Tribalism

  • Ideological thinking

  • US politics

  • Polarization

  • Intergroup relations

  • Databases: EBSCO Academic Search Complete, EBCO Psychology, Gale Power Search

Fragility 

  • “White fragility”

  • Trigger warnings

  • Psychological vulnerability

  • Youth, children, adolescents, teens, etc…

  • College students

  • Resilience

  • Databases: EBSCO Academic Search Complete, EBSCO Health Source, EBSCO Psychology and Gale Power Search

Safe Spaces

  • Psychological vulnerability

  • Student well-being

  • Trigger warnings

  • Inclusivity 

  • Databases: EBSCO Academic Search Complete, EBSCO Psychology, EBSCO ERIC (education), Gale Power Search 

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